2004 Property Line

I acquired the Following Retention Wall Estimates prior to 109 and 113 Platinum Drive's Autumn of 2006 upheaval/s and their subsequent dubious reactions of 2007 that led to Millions of Dollars in damages to Public & Private Infrastructures Infrastructures. Three estimates along with pictures of area retention walls were also forwarded to Platinum Properties Managing Law Firm of Jackson & Kelly in Morgantown WV.

Information a sixth grader could understand.

Contractor 1:

● His first estimate was $180,000 to remove the Developer's placed fill from the Lacaria property back to the property line. The City of Bridgeport would have to be involved as there was a high pressure water line, a Dominion Gas Line, A Fiber Optic L ine, and a Petroleum Development Gas Well feeder line within the slope area. Also, part of building C would need to be removed. This estimate was only for the earth and slope removal.

● His second estimate was a staggering $1,000,000 for wall that would consist of poured concrete approximately 300 hundred feet long, 12 feet deep by 3 feet wide, with 3 feet showing out of the ground at the low end of their slope. The pour concrete wall would be poured in to cut bedrock, as jackhammering would break up and devastate the solid rock mountain. A design that would lock the area into the solid bedrock of the mountain itself. Thus, supporting the existing Platinum area with no removal of their property.

Also, the contractor could not find the down spout roof drain outlets of either building 109 0r 113 Platinum Drive. He also stated that No large Trucks, especially garbage trucks, be driven around the rear of 109 and 113 Platinum Drive, as the added weight was buckling the blacktop area.

He was proved most accurate as of December of 2007 his $1,000,000 estimate would prove Most Meager to the Tens of Millions in damages inflicted on massive public and private areas to this day,

Contractor 2:

● Provided an estimate between $50,000 to $60,000 for an Engineered Wall. They were going to utilize 80 pound interlocking blocks. Whearas, his plan was most inferior and would fail.

Contractor 3:

● This State Road Contractor Provided an estimate between $100,000 to $130,000 for a wall similar to what they build for the state road. They would verify compaction first. They would build the wall as close to the fence as possible to cut down on fill weight. They would utilize 1 to 2 ton concrete blocks that would be craned over from 113 Platinum Drive as to disturb very little.

His estimate was based on using the Lacaria virgin property only. He did not want to work in the Platinum Properties slope area as for it being loose fill. His main concern was for the utilities, especially the 6" high pressure water line. The contractor's fears emulating those of COB Public Works Supervisor Dale Shields, whose wording would show up in a 2005 Agreement to correct all.

He further stated any removal of fill may rupture the City's High Pressure water line and that kind of pressure would blow out a good part of the area and part of building 113 Platinum Drive. They would be bonded and provide drawings, if needed.

Miss Utility - Background

Again, Our red barn took the initial hit from surface drainage from 113 Platinum Drive in 2003. My wife and I repaired the Water Damage To Our Barn. We disposed of the water damaged items and painted the barn inside and out.

Before After

Miss Utility

I contacted Miss Utility as this is the logical step before any excavation to correct the fence line area was begun. Petroleum Development Corporation's line locater contacted me. He stated that Platinum Properties had pushed Petroleum Development's gas line to pushed onto our property.

Later, an agent from Petroleum Development contacted me. He stated that the gas well was not producing that much gas anymore, so they were going shut it down and abandon the line, which they did the next day. The capping of the gas well itself was more extensive, thus took more time.

Note: The reason for Petroleum Development's drastic actions was their concerns: 1) They had been using Lacaria property to transmit their gas for years, without a right of way. 2) Their Gas line had been covered over by Platinum's Properties notorious loose fill steep slope. 3) A slope that was supported by our generational grid fence line that could only collapse. 4) Their stated trepidation with Platinum Properties.

These facts bore out as Petroleum Development refracted the shutdown gas well and placed a new gas line in a opposite direction over property owned by The Bridgeport Planning Authority. If memory serves, all after the two year stature of limitations. This also alludes to the fact that the gas well had been producing correctly for years. Nevertheless; The wisdom of Petroleum Development's gas line abandonment Would Be Realized Within A Few Short Years.

		PDC's Pre-Miss Utility; Buried Gas Line		PDC 's Post Retention Pond & Slope